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Description:Excerpt: ... (b) Because the doctrine of the Trinity is nowhere plainly taught in the New Testament. This is admitted by many candid Trinitarians. Thus, Neander, a Trinitarian, says of this doctrine: "It is expressly held forth in no one particular passage of the New Testament." (Church History, Torrey's translation, vol. i. p. 572.) Many such testimonies might be adduced. (c) Because the texts quoted in support of the Trinity are inadequate or irrelevant. The famous text of the Three Witnesses has been shown so convincingly to be an interpolation, that it has been rejected by most Trinitarians and omitted in the Revised Version. The Baptismal Formula (Matt, xxviii. 19) and the Benediction (2 Cor. xiii. 14) are passages often brought forward as proofs of the Trinity. But in neither of them is it stated that the Son is God, or that the Holy Spirit is a person, or that these three are the one supreme God. That these passages should be constantly quoted as proofs of the doctrine of the Trinity shows that no real proof-texts of the doctrine can be found in the New Testament. They may seem to imply it to one who already believes that doctrine; but to those who do not already believe it they appear as a summary of the truth which proceeds from the Father, the only true God, --through Jesus Christ, his holy child and the mediator of his love, --and made part of the soul and life by the inward influence of the Divine Spirit. (d) Because there are many texts in the New Testament plainly opposed to the Church doctrine of the Trinity. Such are the texts in which the Father is called the one or only God; which could not be said if the Son is also God, and the Holy Spirit God. 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6: "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Manual of Unitarian belief / by James Freeman Clarke. 1885 [Leather Bound]. To get started finding Manual of Unitarian belief / by James Freeman Clarke. 1885 [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt: ... (b) Because the doctrine of the Trinity is nowhere plainly taught in the New Testament. This is admitted by many candid Trinitarians. Thus, Neander, a Trinitarian, says of this doctrine: "It is expressly held forth in no one particular passage of the New Testament." (Church History, Torrey's translation, vol. i. p. 572.) Many such testimonies might be adduced. (c) Because the texts quoted in support of the Trinity are inadequate or irrelevant. The famous text of the Three Witnesses has been shown so convincingly to be an interpolation, that it has been rejected by most Trinitarians and omitted in the Revised Version. The Baptismal Formula (Matt, xxviii. 19) and the Benediction (2 Cor. xiii. 14) are passages often brought forward as proofs of the Trinity. But in neither of them is it stated that the Son is God, or that the Holy Spirit is a person, or that these three are the one supreme God. That these passages should be constantly quoted as proofs of the doctrine of the Trinity shows that no real proof-texts of the doctrine can be found in the New Testament. They may seem to imply it to one who already believes that doctrine; but to those who do not already believe it they appear as a summary of the truth which proceeds from the Father, the only true God, --through Jesus Christ, his holy child and the mediator of his love, --and made part of the soul and life by the inward influence of the Divine Spirit. (d) Because there are many texts in the New Testament plainly opposed to the Church doctrine of the Trinity. Such are the texts in which the Father is called the one or only God; which could not be said if the Son is also God, and the Holy Spirit God. 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6: "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Manual of Unitarian belief / by James Freeman Clarke. 1885 [Leather Bound]. To get started finding Manual of Unitarian belief / by James Freeman Clarke. 1885 [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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